It's a time of year every motorist with a vehicle over three years old dreads, the annual MOT test. We all approach this unwelcome event with an air of caution and sometimes unfounded worry, will my vehicle pass or will it fail? If it fails then how much is it going to cost me? People with older vehicles sometimes worry that the cost of getting their vehicle through the test will end up being more than the vehicle is actually worth. So can we better prepare our vehicles and ourselves for this event or do we just need to blindly blunder into the testing station a few days before our current MOT expires and hope for the best?
No, you shouldn't do this, ever, you should always prepare for your test and always take your vehicle in for its test early, whether your vehicle is just a car and it needs a standard class 4 MOT or whether you drive a minibus or own a heavy goods vehicle that requires a class 5 MOT or a class 7 MOT you are allowed to take your vehicle in for its test a full month before the current certificate expires and if you pass without a problem your new certificate will run from when the old certificate expires meaning taking your vehicle in early will not lose you any days.